Studententurm (Students' Tower), Schneiderturm (Tailors' Tower)
Turnul Croitorilor
Studententurm (Students' Tower), Schneiderturm (Tailors' Tower)
Turnul Croitorilor
Andrei kokelburg, CC BY-SA 3.0 RO, via Wikimedia Commons
Original function:
town fortification
Current function:
town fortification
Settlement:
Address:
Strada Traian
Historical Hungarian county:
Szeben
Country:
Romania
GPS coordinates:
45.9556914446, 23.5728890379
Google map:
Useful links
muemlekem.hu
History
It dates from the 14th century. During the siege of 1438, this tower held out the longest, and it was here that the later Georgius de Hungaria, the 'nameless one of Sebes', was taken prisoner as a student of the Dominicans, defending the town.
Source: muemlekem.hu
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